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   Is Canterbury a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

   • Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine’s Abbey, and St. Martin’s Church were collectively designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988. Modern Canterbury is a market town and regional service centre. It has some light industries and attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists each year.

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   Why did Aethelberht go to Canterbury?

   • In the late 6th century Canterbury was the capital of Aethelberht I, king of Kent, whose marriage to a Christian—Bertha, daughter of the Frankish king Charibert —probably influenced him in favour of the mission of St. Augustine of Canterbury, who arrived on the Isle of Thanet in 597 and was given St. Martin’s, the queen’s parish church.

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   What is St Augustine Cathedral known for?

   • The cathedral’s majestic quire, situated behind a magnificent 14th-century stone rood screen lined with the statues of English kings, is home to the Chair of St. Augustine, in which archbishops have been enthroned since the 13th century.

   Canterbury Cathedral’s ‘Rave in the Nave’ Draws the Ire of Believers

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   What is the history of Canterbury?

   • The site of the town of Canterbury, which has been occupied since pre-Roman times, was in ancient times the mouth of the River Stour, which broadened into an estuary extending to the Wantsum Channel, the strait that once separated the Isle of Thanet from the mainland.

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   Did Augustine encounter a child on a beach in Antwerp?

   • Two hundred years later, Caxton’s English translation of The Golden Legend added a story he’d seen depicted on an altar of St. Austin, at the blackfriars in Antwerp: the story of Augustine’s encounter with a small child on a beach.

   Why Is the Seashell the Symbol for St. Augustine?

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   Where is Canterbury in England?

   • Canterbury, historic town and surrounding city (local authority) in the administrative and historic county of Kent, southeastern England. Its cathedral has been the primary ecclesiastical center of England since the early 7th century CE. Learn more about Canterbury, including its history.

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2. ewtn.co.uk › article-st-augustine-the-power-of-theSt. Augustine: “The Power of the Memory is Great, O Lord”

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   3 days ago · St. Augustine’s examination of memory may offer less consolation to those who are dealing with serious memory loss and find accepting that loss challenging. But after reflecting on the power of memory, the saint wrote that he felt it necessary to go beyond memory to reach the Creator.

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   5 days ago · Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine’s Abbey, and St. Martin’s Church were collectively designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988. Modern Canterbury is a market town and regional service centre.

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   2 days ago · According to legend, God used a small child to teach the great saint a valuable lesson. By Kathy Schiffer. Augustine of Hippo lived a wild life — abandoning the faith, fathering a child out of wedlock, and rejecting the values of his mother Monica.

6. www.british-history.ac.uk › survey-kent › vol12The archbishops: Augustine to 988 | British History Online

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   4 days ago · A LIST OF THE ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY. 1. AUGUSTINE, or as he is usually stiled, St. Augustine, from his being the apostle of the English nation, being a monk of the order of St. Benedict, and abbot of St. Andrew's, in Rome, a convent founded by the pope himself, was sent into Britain by pope Gregory, in the year 596, to preach the Christian ...

7. ewtn.co.uk › article-canterbury-cathedrals-rave-inCanterbury Cathedral’s ‘Rave in the Nave’ Draws the Ire of ...

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   2 days ago · The cathedral’s majestic quire, situated behind a magnificent 14th-century stone rood screen lined with the statues of English kings, is home to the Chair of St. Augustine, in which archbishops have been enthroned since the 13th century.

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9. www.kentarchaeology.org.uk › articles › xln2ywnm7c3The Home Farm of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, Before and ...

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   2 days ago · The Contents and Context of the Boughton Malherbe Late Bronze Age Hoard. Next. Next. The Roman Villa at Minster in Thanet. Part II: The Glass

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    4 days ago · Convinced that their people had its place in the multitude that stands before God’s throne, Gregory sent forty monks from his own monastery, led by a monk named Augustine (St Augustine of Canterbury, also known as St Austin) to bring the light of the Gospel to that far-away land.